General History/Boston Tea Party-related to fear

QuestionHello, I am working on a project at school (individual) and I was asked to find a historian who can help me with relating a historic event to "fear." I chose the Boston Tea Party because I myself made a few connections relating it to "fear" and how the people reacted to it. My question for you is how do you think that the boston tea party affected the people and the government, and how did it make them fearful?

AnswerHi Haley,

The Boston Tea Party was essentially an act of mob violence. A group of private citizens trespassed on a ship and destroyed private property. Many Colonists feared a break down of society and that everyone's private property could be at risk, as well as personal safety as mob actions succeeded. Similarly the British Government feared that respect for law and order had been lost and that citizens were directly challenging government authority.

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